As the economy has suffered in recent years and college costs have risen, high school seniors have grappled with the fallout in their own families and channeled their feelings into an increasing number of memorable college application essays about sacrifice, social policy and affluence or its opposite.
In his plays and short stories, Anton Chekhov portrayed a variety of working female protagonists, from actresses to governesses, who sacrificed social esteem and affluence for the sake of financial and personal independence; in spite of this sacrifice, these women are among the few Chekhovian characters who are truly satisfied with their lives.
The defense countered by arguing that Couch suffered from a condition called affluenza which is defined as "the unhealthy and unwelcomed psychological and social effects of affluence regarded especially as a widespread societal problem such as feelings of guilt, lack of motivation, and social isolation experienced by wealthy people".
Within both the 'younger' and 'older' groups, further stratification based on affluence (social classification) was undertaken.
The first area is largely rural, with a university city and larger towns and areas of significant social deprivation and affluence.
Such lay perceptions are borne out of a contextual environment, in which most people are poor, hungry, and deprived and, therefore, view obesity as an obvious social marker for affluence [ 44, 45].
Tells about a Harris survey to discover the relevance of "affluence" to social & political attitudes.
It raises, in my mind, all kinds of questions about affluence, idealism, social mobility -- the kind of things that clothes signify in our culture.
Fortunately, I have a wife and adult children to caution me against becoming an aging gripe, and to remind me that the England of Charles Dickens — the England of my great-grandfather's time — was a much rougher and crueler place, unrecognizable now in a country that has ascended to levels of affluence and social justice that Dickens could barely imagine.
Each of the virtues presupposes a certain amount of culture, affluence, and social rank.
